British PM Went To White House And All He Got Were These Great Classic DVDs

The UK press was weirded out by President Obama’s gift to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown of these 25 DVDs selected by the American Film Institute:

Some press read deeper meaning into the movie titles and content: “Like Marlon Brando in On the Waterfront, could Brown have been “a contender … a somebody” if the US Congress had shown a little more interest in his global New Deal? Like Luke Skywalker on the Millennium Falcon, is Brown’s history of support for light-touch financial regulation in the City of London now endangering the mission? The 25 films also include two from the end of the Great Depression.”